Striga hermonthica
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striga-hermonthica-289-5061545
title:
Striga hermonthica
text:
Striga hermonthica, commonly known as purple witchweed or giant witchweed, is a hemiparasitic plant that belongs to the family Orobanchaceae. It is devastating to major crops such as sorghum and rice. In sub-Saharan Africa, apart from sorghum and rice, it also infests maize, pearl millet, and sugar cane. Striga hermonthica has undergone horizontal gene transfer from Sorghum to its nuclear genome. The S. hermonthica gene, ShContig9483, is most like a Sorghum bicolor gene, and additionally shows s
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description:
Species of flowering plant
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striga_hermonthica
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date modified:
2024-03-28T00:11:45Z
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